The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2009-2010 is an anthology of scholarly essays that utilize the national game to examine topics whose import extends beyond the ballpark and constitute a significant academic contribution to baseball literature. The essays represent sixteen of the leading presentations from the two most recent proceedings of the annual Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, held, respectively, on June 3-5, 2009, and June 2-4, 2010. The anthology is divided into five parts: Baseball as Culture: Dance, Literature, National Character, and…mehr
The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2009-2010 is an anthology of scholarly essays that utilize the national game to examine topics whose import extends beyond the ballpark and constitute a significant academic contribution to baseball literature. The essays represent sixteen of the leading presentations from the two most recent proceedings of the annual Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, held, respectively, on June 3-5, 2009, and June 2-4, 2010. The anthology is divided into five parts: Baseball as Culture: Dance, Literature, National Character, and Myth; Constructing Baseball Heroes; Blacks in Baseball: From Segregation to Conflicted Integration; The Enterprise of Baseball: Economics and Entrepreneurs; and Genesis and Legacy of Baseball Scholarship, which features an essay written by the co-creator of baseball scholarship, Dorothy Seymour Mills.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
William M. Simons is professor of history at the State University of New York-Oneonta.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction William M. Simons PART I: BASEBALL AS CULTURE: DANCE, LITERATURE, NATIONAL CHARACTER, AND MYTH Plié Ball! Baseball in American Dance Jeff Katz On the Brink: Babe Ruth in Dennis Lehane's The Given Day Patricia L. Bryan and Thomas Wolf The Golem, the Rabbi, and "That Long-Sought Hebrew Star": Jews in 1920s Baseball William M. Simons "The crowd began to shout 'Atta boy,' with a Lancashire accent": The English Response to Baseball Exhibition Games in the Early 20th Century Beth Hise The Little Lefty: Southpaw Perceptions and Reality Wayne Patterson PART II: CONSTRUCTING BASEBALL HEROES Ty Cobb and the Culture of Honor Steve Tripp The Sinner and the Saint: National Magazine Coverage of Ty Cobb and Christy Mathewson, 1900-1928 Amber Roessner The Making of Charlie Hustle: Pete Rose and the American Dream, 1963-1985 Todd F. McDorman PART III: BLACKS IN BASEBALL: FROM SEGREGATION TO CONFLICTED INTEGRATION The East-West Game: All-Stars and Negro League Finances Kenneth Winter and Michael J. Haupert Playing in the Gray Area: Black Baseball and Its Jewish "Middleman" Economy Roberta J. Newman and Joel Nathan Rosen A Calculus of Color: The Slow Integration of the American League, 1947-1959 Robert Kuhn McGregor "The Plantation Owner" and "Brother Vida Blue": Charlie Finley, Vida Blue, and the Politics of Race in Oakland Ron Briley PART IV: THE ENTERPRISE OF BASEBALL: ECONOMICS AND ENTREPRENEURS How World War I Nearly Brought Down Professional Baseball Charles DeMotte Babe Ruth vs. Baby Ruth: The Quest for a Candy Charles A. Poekel, Jr. Branch Rickey Versus Larry MacPhail: How a Rivalry Turned Feud Impacted Major League Baseball on the Eve of Racial Integration Lee Lowenfish and William Marshall PART V: THE GENESIS AND LEGACY OF BASEBALL SCHOLARSHIP Using Baseball Dorothy Seymour Mills Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction William M. Simons PART I: BASEBALL AS CULTURE: DANCE, LITERATURE, NATIONAL CHARACTER, AND MYTH Plié Ball! Baseball in American Dance Jeff Katz On the Brink: Babe Ruth in Dennis Lehane's The Given Day Patricia L. Bryan and Thomas Wolf The Golem, the Rabbi, and "That Long-Sought Hebrew Star": Jews in 1920s Baseball William M. Simons "The crowd began to shout 'Atta boy,' with a Lancashire accent": The English Response to Baseball Exhibition Games in the Early 20th Century Beth Hise The Little Lefty: Southpaw Perceptions and Reality Wayne Patterson PART II: CONSTRUCTING BASEBALL HEROES Ty Cobb and the Culture of Honor Steve Tripp The Sinner and the Saint: National Magazine Coverage of Ty Cobb and Christy Mathewson, 1900-1928 Amber Roessner The Making of Charlie Hustle: Pete Rose and the American Dream, 1963-1985 Todd F. McDorman PART III: BLACKS IN BASEBALL: FROM SEGREGATION TO CONFLICTED INTEGRATION The East-West Game: All-Stars and Negro League Finances Kenneth Winter and Michael J. Haupert Playing in the Gray Area: Black Baseball and Its Jewish "Middleman" Economy Roberta J. Newman and Joel Nathan Rosen A Calculus of Color: The Slow Integration of the American League, 1947-1959 Robert Kuhn McGregor "The Plantation Owner" and "Brother Vida Blue": Charlie Finley, Vida Blue, and the Politics of Race in Oakland Ron Briley PART IV: THE ENTERPRISE OF BASEBALL: ECONOMICS AND ENTREPRENEURS How World War I Nearly Brought Down Professional Baseball Charles DeMotte Babe Ruth vs. Baby Ruth: The Quest for a Candy Charles A. Poekel, Jr. Branch Rickey Versus Larry MacPhail: How a Rivalry Turned Feud Impacted Major League Baseball on the Eve of Racial Integration Lee Lowenfish and William Marshall PART V: THE GENESIS AND LEGACY OF BASEBALL SCHOLARSHIP Using Baseball Dorothy Seymour Mills Index
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